He is now three months old and will be four months on June 24th! I can't believe how quickly this time has flown by. I'm excited to see what the future holds, but at the same time I am a bit sad because he is growing up so fast. Luckily I am a FREAK about taking photographs of him and have over 1100 on my iPhone and about 1000 on my Nikon. I plan on making a printed photo book of his first year. Below on this post you will find a bunch of random pictures of him throughout the past months.
Ethan is doing great. He has hit most of his milestones and we are still waiting for a few. He is great at tummy time and holding his head and chest up on his elbows, he loves to coo and talk with us, he rolls from his tummy to his back, he sits up with the help of us or pillows, he tracks and is VERY observant and we have also heard him belly laugh when he saws himself in a mirror and we are patiently (kind-of) waiting for him to do it again. We are still waiting for him to bat and grab toys, but we think he is on the verge of doing it. I realize he is entering into the age where he will be doing some really neat things soon and it is so fun to see him do something new for the first time and to just watch him enjoy his little life.
Ethan's legs are getting better and better as well. He had to be seen by an Orthopedist because Dr. Naik noticed that his legs just weren't stretching out on their own like they should have been. Dr. Wintersteen x-rayed his legs and said that everything looked normal and that she thought it was just a matter of stretching those tendons and ligaments. I have been stretching Ethan's legs for about six weeks and they have definitely gotten better, but I can tell that they are still fairly tight. He has an appointment next week and if they are not where she would like them, she is going to put his legs in braces to help them along. I am praying that if they do need to be braced that this does not put him behind when it comes to sitting up, crawling or walking. We just ask for prayers for Ethan that his little legs get to where they need to be as quickly as painlessly as possible. I will update next week after his appointment. We are also praying that he may not even need the braces, but we will see. It is all in God's hands and we will roll with the punches.
In sleeping news....Ethan is AMAZING. He is sleeping through the night and he is in his own room in his crib. He has finally gotten into a great routine and it works for both of us so well. He sleeps between 8 and 10 hours at night and has even went over 10 hours a few times. It is great that he finally figured it all out and it just took some patience from us to help him get into it. One other prayer that we are asking for is that if Ethan does have to have his legs braced, we pray that it will not disrupt his new routine too badly. I'm hoping that we are able to take these off when he naps and goes to bed, but we will do what is best for our little boy.
In other great news, Josh got the job he was hoping and praying for. He is now working at Ashley Furniture Industries as a programmer. We are so thankful to God for putting this job in Josh's path and we are so proud that Josh did so well at the interviews and really wowed his panels, yes I said PANELS, of interviewers. We knew he would. So far he really enjoys his job and he said it's pretty intense, but I know he will do great. They will be so happy they hired him. We're hoping that after having him work there for about a year that we can start looking into buying or building a home! Very exciting.
"May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed." - Psalm 20:4
The rest of this post is just pictures of our favorite little man in the whole world! Enjoy.
God Bless -
Bryana, Josh and Ethan
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